•Got dependency discharge in
September 1959. Applied for passport same day.
•Went to Moscow in September
1962 and tried to defect to USSR.
•Was refused. Tried to commit
suicide in hotel.
•Given temporary residence
permit.
•Worked in radio factory in
Minsk for two years. Became disillusioned with Soviet life.
•Married Marina Prusakova in
April 1961. First child in 1962.
•Returned to U.S. in June
1962. Lived in Ft. Worth, Dallas, and New Orleans.